I am 18 years old, since I was 16 i have been having the same dream every night at least once,

I am riding in the car with my mother and we come to a convient store, she goes into get something, while she is inside the car starts to roll away from the parking spot. I am scared because i think the car is going to wreck so i move over to the drivers seat and take control of the wheel. while I am trying to get control of the car somehow i manage to get lost. I spend hours driving the car around trying to get back to where the convienent store is. soon i come up on this maze of roads everytime i take a different path but each leads to the same bridge that sends me catapulting straight into the ocean, right before i hit the water I wake up.

can sombody please tell me what this dream means so that i can quit having it.

sounds like controll issues.

Work on your self confidence

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Now, I'm no expert on dreams, but all the twisting roads and not knowing where you're going may mean that you are confused, and don't quite yet fully know what you want to do. You're mother being seperated, and you being scared as a result, may mean you want a lot of security from loved ones, as most people do. The crashing into the ocean at the end may mean you are perhaps a little scared of what happens when your end comes, and maybe you think it will be something bad...?

As I said, I'm no dream expert. These are probably just strange ramblings.

You're gonna have to leave home at some point Stardust
Thats Life

Most dreams have no symbolic content. Most dreams are not precognitive. Your brain memory is a little like dynamic RAM in computers; it requires a refresh cycle. During the REM phase, parts of memory that have not been used in awhile get a refresh cycle. Meanwhile, the mind is trying to string this together into some sort of coherent story, though that is often impossible, so there are jumps from one thing to another.

On the other hand, if you have a persistent fear or phobia, those will play out in repeated dreams that are similar, though seldom identical. For instance, I used to have dreams about theme parks, and getting lost in smaller and smaller passages -- but I knew what this meant in terms of my agoraphobia.

A dream that repeats itself exactly is a little out of my league. Only you can tell whether an interpretation makes sense or not. It sounds like a separation anxiety, a fear of growing up and leaving home, where you will be lost in endless mazes (aren't we all?) and no matter what you do, eventually you go sailing into the ocean. I think ocean represents death, but not in a bad way. You mean there is a good way of thinking about death? Well, yes. To the mystic, it means returning to the ocean of divinity.

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I have had recurring dreams but mostly dreams with that same theme of getting lost...or of being in the wrong place. I have been put back in school with no schedule, or at work with no where to go. I have read that these types of dreams mean that you need to get things in your life organized...maybe there is a certain decision that you need to make and your thoughts are jumbled and you are basically lost. Once you get organized, or make that decision, you should be all set. I have these dreams a lot...so I guess I am constantly trying to organize my hectic life.

sort out your future, plan it thurougly and have confidence in it. Have confidence that you won't end up as a hobo after you leavve the nest, that should do it.

It is time to move forward and let go of the safety zone of your mom. its ok to grow up!

Drive
However, drinking from a bottle indicates an unsatisfactory romantic experience. You'll have a stroke of money luck if someone else was driving you, but if you were driving yourself, it is a warning to avoid gambling and be cautious in money matters for the next few weeks.

Labyrinth
Obviously another obstacle dream. If you found your way out or were not worried by the maze in your dream you can expect to solve your problems with a minimum of effort; however, if you were lost or frightened in your dream, you can expect to be frustrated by some puzzling opposition and a change of direction might be advisable.

dreaming @ swoon

dreams like these are visions that it could probably happen

but no explanation for that bridge scene... hope fully it doesnt rlly happen

Well, I agree that crashing into the ocean means death, but what about taking the old tarot meaning of death, which is change?
It sounds like you are getting ready to leave home and are afraid because you have no guidance, you do not know what to do with yourself. You are searching for direction but inexorably you make for the water, the death, the change.
I would not be afraid of this. I would take it simply as your own mind trying to settle its own fears by telling you that yes, you know you will be confised, you know it will be worrisome and sometimes bleak, but you already know that things will change for you and sometimes the change itself is the most firghtening thing of all.

Were there any decisions of your mom that you do not trust? You do not believe?
If there is, be more open to your mom.
In a loving way.

You like to live life with your own decisions?
Advice, good advice from parents, or women, can help you survive trials of life.

And yes, be confident but seek good advice, always- before sitting down and making decisions.

Seek good guidance, communicate with people who are good and trustworthy. That way, when you drive, no more criss-crosses, and no more bad water to go to.

A dream repeated many times like this is not a mystery in traditional Chinese philosophies. It is a distorted experiences from your past life.
Many people have dreams sometimes reflecting their past lives. It is true.
I had "seen" my past life before. I found myself surrouded by some armed soldiers and no bulletins in my gun. I threw my gun into the lake, refusing to
surrender, I jumped and plunged....... and wake up.
When I was your age, I made this dream for three years.
(I am from China, now living in Shenzhen of the country)

Quite the contrary! All dreams have symbolic content.

StarDust,

I am an experienced...and professional...dream interpreter. If you will PM me I will send you the interpretation for free. However, because this is your first post I will not spend any time on it unless you return to this post and PM me with your request for interpretation. It usually takes about an hour for me to do one. If you are serious let me know.

joc

If you think you are old enough to manage your own life, you will leave your mom.
But then again, you will come back to her.
Nothing serious i reckon.

Are you leaving home to go to college. Perhaps you leaving your mother at the store, and you having to take control over the car. Symbolizes you gaining more responsibility of your life. The maze of roads is the confusion you are feeling, and the plunge is you finally finding your way out.

I don't trust dream dictionaries, I think every person needs to evaluate their own dreams. The only reason I bring up the college issue is because I'm 19 I recently left for college, but prior to leaving I was having weird dreams.

For example... I was on a high dive diving board. Somehow me and all my friends are all standing on it, and they are telling me to jump. For some reason I wanted to stay up there with them, but I jumped. I am going to a college where I don't have any previous friends going, and I was stressed out about making new friends.

I suggest you look at your dreams like a strange interpretation of your feelings. Almost like a literal story of all you feelings and thoughts.